Reviews
Yeketelale
From Dub Colossus through to the Imperial Tiger Orchestra, British and European bands have understandably been fascinated by Ethiopian music...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2019
A Breath Against the Calm
Root & Branch are a quintet playing music from the UK, Ireland and the Appalachians on mandolin, fiddles, bouzouki, banjo,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2019
Thinking Sideways
Too often, acts from this side of the pond who say they play bluegrass or country actually churn out a...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2019
Y Tribanwr
With a name that translates as ‘The South Walians,’ there are no prizes for guessing where Gregg Lynn (vocals, guitar),...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019
Odissea
The intrepid BandAdriatica have produced a sort of pan-Mediterranean album here, exploring the theme of migration, very visible in their...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2019
Argento
To celebrate their silver anniversary, organetto diatonico wizard Riccardo Tesi and his longtime buddies, guitarist and singer Maurizio Geri, saxophonist...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2019
Waves of Joy: Bauls from Bengal
Born in Bengal in 1921, Bhattacharya came to the UK after World War II, worked for the Post Office and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2019
Neighbourhood
Floating Sofa Quartet are a pan-Scandinavian instrumental group hailing from Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In this second album, they've focused...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2019
OK OK OK
Having released 60 albums since 1967, Afro-Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil shows no sign of slowing down with his latest project,...
Reviewed by Julia Baker in issue: March/2019
